By Chido Nwakanma Why did the government of General Ibrahim Babaginda approve the opening of the media space in 1992 by allowing private broadcasting? Initial licenses went to friends of the general who wanted to stay on as president. It also came against the run of play for a government that was giving the media a hard time with bans, shutdowns as well as arrest and detention of journalists. The conspiracy theory on the matter of the liberalisation of the Nigerian broadcasting space at the time it happened posits that…
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